शतरंज
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Hindi
Alternative forms
- शतरञ्ज (śatrañj)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شطرنج (šatranj), from Arabic شطرنج (šaṭranj), from Classical Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian (ctlng /čatrang/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “four parts of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).
Pronunciation
Noun
शतरंज • (śatrañj) m (Urdu spelling شطرنج)